Every person owning a house and lot or building used for human habitation or occupancy in the town, which lot is accessible to a sanitary sewer line, and which is accessible to a water line, shall make a water and sewer connection with his or her house, building or other place of human habitation or occupancy. No person shall maintain, use or operate a privy, cesspool or septic tank located on a lot accessible to a sanitary sewer and accessible to a water line to the lot; provided, that no person shall be required to cross the private property of any other person to make such water or sewer connection; provided further, that all such connections shall be made by or under the supervision of a licensed plumber and in accordance with the North Carolina State Building Code; and provided further, that no person shall occupy any building or house for human habitation after the water supply has been cut off, except in cases where the water supply is cut off temporarily for the purpose of affecting necessary repairs; and provided further, that in lieu of a public sewer connection and where no public sewer line is accessible, a septic tank approved by the State Board of Health shall be installed.
(1992 Code, § 53.10) (Ord. passed 12-8-1949) Penalty, see § 53.999